Seychelles Paradise Flycatcher
Terpsiphone corvina (Newton, E, 1867)
Monarchidae — Monarchs
Seychelles Paradise Flycatcher, Terpsiphone corvina, is a bird of the Seychelles, breeding on La Digue and Marianne in the Inner Islands. It belongs to the monarchs and was described by Newton, E, 1867. It is a forest bird and is endemic to the islands. Males have glossy black plumage and long tail feathers. Females are reddish-brown with pale underparts and lack the long tail feathers seen in males. Some birds have also been moved to Denis Island in the Seychelles archipelago.
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Monarchidae — Monarchs
- Breeding range
- Indian Ocean: La Digue and Marianne (ne Inner Is., ne Seychelles)
